Nutrition from the Ground UpPlan of Work

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Webster County CES

Title:
Nutrition from the Ground Up
MAP:
Accessing Nutritious Foods
Agents Involved:
Alexander
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Food Preparation
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Farmer's Markets
Situation:

Nutrition Education Programs help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; communities to decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy and safe food preparation methods. Agents, paraprofessionals and volunteers are pivotal in influencing policies, systems, and environments and in training consumers and producers to maximize local access to food products from farm to table.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Clientele will improve food management skills and healthy eating habits.


Our population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day.


Clientele will become familiar with Plate It Up KY Proud recipes and increase purchasing produce and meats at the Webster County Farmers' Market


Intermediate Outcomes:

Number who: Access more local foods and prepare PIU recipes and shop more at Farmers Markets.

Plant, harvest and preserve produce.

Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits.

Initial Outcomes:

Understand the importance of sustainable local agriculture to individual health and financial well-being.

Learn to grow, prepare and preserve food.

Learn to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet.

Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Initial

Indicator: answer questions on information learned,

Method: paper evaluation, verbal question and answer, taste test/sticker vote

Timeline: All year


Intermediate Outcome: Intermediate

Indicator: repeat attendees to classes, using recipes, trying new foods

Method: verbal, paper evaluation

Timeline: monthly throughout the year


Long-term Outcome:

Indicator: Prepare foods at home, possibly teach a class or become future vendor at Farmers Market

Method: Verbal

Timeline: 2019

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Beef producers and consumers, farmers, families

Project or Activity: Pasture to Plate and More

Content or Curriculum: Beef it’s What’s for Dinner from Kentucky Beef Council, Extension Publications on food safety, USDA

Inputs: Extension Specialists, Agents, KBN, Cattleman’s Association

Date:Spring


Audience: Preschoolers

Project or Activity: LEAP

Content or Curriculum: LEAP, CES publications

Inputs: Agent, Program assistant, school teachers

Date: School year


Audience: Adults and children

Project or Activity: Ag Expo, Taste testing in the community, farmers market, food bank and schools, What’s Cooking Classes, POP Club at farmers market, PIU recipe challenge

Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up KY Proud, SNAP publications, calendars, food preservation and food safety publications, curriculum/resources for POP club

Inputs: Agents, Family Resource Coordinator, community partners such as but not limited to local banks, KY Farm Bureau and County Extension Office

Date: All year


Audience: Adults that receive food from food pantry

Project or Activity: Lessons on food preparation, stretching food and food dollars

Content or Curriculum: SNAP materials, UK financial publications, PIU recipes

Inputs: Agent, assistant, food bank director

Date: 2019-2020






Success Stories

Bring family meals back home

Author: Katherine Alexander

Major Program: Food Preparation

Families are often on the go and that means dinner on the go, in the car and out of a bag. The surge of Electric Pressure Cookers has helped in faster, healthy meal preparation.The Webster County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent held two classes on the use of Electric Pressure Cookers. The participants increased their knowledge regarding the convenience benefits of using electric pressure cookers in meal planning. They also developed knowledge of electric pressure cooker functions fo

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